# 2009–10 Cowdenbeath F.C. season

During the 2009–10 season Cowdenbeath competed in the Scottish Second Division, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Challenge Cup.

## Summary

Cowdenbeath finished third in the First Division, entering the play-offs winning 3–0 over Brechin on aggregate and were promoted to the First Division. They reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, the first round of the League Cup and were eliminated in the second round of the Challenge Cup.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

### Scottish Cup
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Stirling Albion (C, P) | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 65 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 65 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath (O, P) | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 59 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 4 | Brechin City | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 54 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 5 | Peterhead | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 51 | |
* ↑ The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the First Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2010–11 First Division.

## Player statistics
### Squad

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Second Division | Scottish Second Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | | Kris Bower | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | David Hay | 43 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| | GK | CAN | Cameron McKay | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | | Artur Veiculis | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kenny Adamson | 33 | 0 | 20+5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Armstrong | 31 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark Baxter | 30 | 1 | 14+9 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| | DF | NIR | Peter Bradley | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Dene Droudge | 30 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Scott Linton | 33 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Darren McGregor | 21 | 5 | 16+1 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Joe Mbu | 41 | 2 | 32+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Jay Shields | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Brian Fairbairn | 40 | 2 | 24+7 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Danny Mackay | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Scott McBride | 33 | 7 | 16+8 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Neil McCabe | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SVK | Marek Tomana | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Mark Ramsay | 37 | 1 | 18+14 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jon Robertson | 39 | 5 | 31+1 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jay Stein | 38 | 5 | 19+13 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Craig Winter | 33 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dean Brett | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Derek Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Dempster | 23 | 5 | 5+12 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | John Ferguson | 11 | 1 | 0+7 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Paul McQuade | 38 | 15 | 26+5 | 12 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 6+0 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Gareth Wardlaw | 40 | 19 | 31+0 | 16 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 3 |
| | | | Trialist | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
    a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including playoffs and the Scottish Challenge Cup.